In an interview with the Arizona Republic published Tuesday, Gov. Doug Ducey called out as ghoulish some of the political jockeying going on over the seat held by Mr. McCain, who was diagnosed with a virulent form of brain cancer earlier this year.

Mr. Ducey said people “should be praying for him and rooting for him.”

“John McCain is the elected senior senator for Arizona until 2022 … I have found it a little bit off-color, some of the prognosticators and pundits who have been making these predictions as to the senator’s outcome,” he said.

He told the paper that getting ahead of another man’s possible death is one element of character he’d consider if he’d have to appoint a replacement.

“To the politicians out there that have been openly lobbying for this position, they basically disqualified themselves for showing their true character,” Mr. Ducey said.

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What would you expect from Arizona politicians if McCain and Flake are their examples? The people of Arizona have gotten the representation they deserve for electing both of those bottom feeding scum. The sooner McCain reaches room temperature the better off the rest of the US will be. Let Bergdahl and it Manning be his pallbearers, you know birds of a feather…..

Yeah, yeah, whatever. Say the right things publicly but in the meantime the process of replacing this lame senator is underway Governor. Just make sure you do a better job of replacing a senator than the Arizona public did in electing them.

Mr. Ducey said people “should be praying for him and rooting for him.”

Rooting as in burying him under the roots? McCain is the perfect example of a RINO, the Swamp, and the need for term limits. I can’t think of a better example of any of three than McCain.

The only way we’re getting rid of this human case of herpes is for him to die and go to his warm new home. We all know he can’t finish the term. It’s a matter of time. Let’s all stop pretending he’s still relevant. Just replace him already.

And this time, rather than find someone who can speak pretty promises, find someone who has already gotten in trouble for doing the right thing. Surely there’s a few red-blooded Americans willing to replace this splotchy dead tomato with some true conservatism in the Senate.

In summation: I have exactly zero respect for McCain, his legacy, his war record, and “all the good he’s done” over the years. I didn’t like him in the early 2000’s when he went Maverick and he hasn’t improved with age. There’s nothing to like about him. He’s a liar, a traitor, and an impediment to real progress.

Just go home already and spend your final days in a trance. The USA has no need of you.